Christina Linhardt

Summary

Christina Linhardt is a German-American singer, actor, and director, best known for her roles in the production of the film Guantanamo Circus, and as the former fiancée of Prince Daniel of Saxony.[1][2][3][4]

Christina Linhardt
Christina Linhardt at the RxSM Film Festival
Born
Christine Schnauber
NationalityGerman and American
EducationBachelor of Music and Vocal Arts
Alma materUniversity of Southern California
AwardsHollywood F.A.M.E. Award, 2013
LA Music Award, 2015
Websitehttp://circussanctuary.com/

Linhardt produced, directed, and wrote Guantanamo Circus, which won a Hollywood F.A.M.E. Award for "Documentary of the Year,"[5][6] and was selected by the Library of Congress for inclusion in its permanent collection.[7] The film also won an LA Music Award[8] for its music score by Linhardt. She is staff writer for the California Philharmonic Orchestra.[9][10]

Linhardt has released two music CDs: Circus Sanctuary and Voodoo Princess.[11] She performs on vocals and flute with the Angels of Venice,[12][13] and has been interviewed on LA Talk Radio,[3][14] KPFK Radio[15] and KPC Radio.[16] Linhardt played the role of "Party Clown" in Movie 43. She starred opposite Maximilian Schell in a production of Goethe's Faust Comes to Grand Avernue, for which she was also associate producer.[17][18]

The daughter of scholar, historian, playwright, and biographer Cornelius Schnauber, Linhardt grew up in the company of notable Swiss writers such as Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Hugo Loetscher, and Peter Bichsel.[19] She attended the Goethe Institute in Berlin, later studying French at the Eurocentre in Paris, drama and movement at Oxford University, and went on to achieve her diploma in singing with a minor in theater science at the University of Southern California.[20][21][4] She currently lives in Los Angeles.

References edit

  1. ^ "Ballgeflüster". Stadt Magazin (in German). December 2000. p. 11.
  2. ^ "Recent Visitors". PastForward: The Newsletter of the Shoah Foundation. Winter 2001. p. 6.
  3. ^ a b Leona, Priscilla (January 19, 2020). "Question Reality Archives: January 2020: Christina Linhardt". LA Talk Radio.
  4. ^ a b Holing, Mary (March 30, 2006). "1997 Alumna Christina Linstadt Mixes Cabaret, Opera and the Circus" (PDF). Daily Trojan. Vol. CXLVIII, no. 47.
  5. ^ Li, Sherrie (October 29, 2013). "When the Circus Came to Guantanamo Bay". LA Weekly.
  6. ^ "Hollywood FAME Awards". A.C.B. Entertainment. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  7. ^ "Guantanamo Circus". Library of Congress Catalog. 2013.
  8. ^ "Vanphear Circus". LA Music Awards. 2015.
  9. ^ "Introducing Christina Linhardt". California Philharmonic. 18 October 2017.
  10. ^ Linhardt, Christina (April 23, 2018). Glasser, Holly (ed.). "The Best Live Concert in LA This Summer". MITH Magazine.
  11. ^ Scope Staff (April 14, 2008). "Christina Linhardt 'Voodoo Princess' Takes Us On A Journey". Scope Magazine.
  12. ^ Tatum, Carol. "Angels Of Venice". Angels Of Venice. Retrieved Apr 8, 2023.
  13. ^ "Songs of the Season Sound at the Museum". Laguna Beach Local News. 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  14. ^ "Christina Linhardt: Question Reality Radio". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  15. ^ BWW News Desk (January 28, 2021). "KPFK's ARTS IN REVIEW Spotlights Laguna Live Valentine's Concert, Starring Soprano Christina Linhardt". Broadway World.
  16. ^ Lawson, Mareo-Ahmir (19 March 2015). "In The Hot Box – 03.19.15 – The World's a Stage with Christina Linhardt". KPC Radio.
  17. ^ "Goethe's Faust Comes to Grand Avenue". Los Angeles Times. December 2, 1999.
  18. ^ Steinberg, Ingrid (January 2000). "Ein Teuflisch Schöner Abend mit Maximilian, Musik, Mephisto und Faust". Stadt Magazin (in German). p. 11.
  19. ^ "Ich tanzte mit Dürrenmatt, bis er umfiel" (in German). 20 November 2019.
  20. ^ Köhler, Klaus (Fall 2003). "Christina Linhardt - ein Allaroundtalent" (PDF). Top Magazine (in German).
  21. ^ "The Beauty of Variety: Christina Linhardt Covers the Artistic Gamut". International Musician. March 9, 2018.

External links edit

  • All Music Discography
  • Christina Linhardt at IMDb